
Aphrodite was the goddess of love between a man and a woman, and Eros was the god who stirred the passions of the male. 36 God of passion : EROSĪs always seems to be the case with Greek gods, Eros and Aphrodite have overlapping spheres of influence. The idea is that someone who is snooty, or “snouty”, tends to look down his or her nose at the rest of the world. “Snoot” is a variant of “snout”, and is a word that originated in Scotland. The Tower was built in the city of Babylon, and the construction was cursed with a confusion of languages due to the varied origins of all the builders. We use the word “babel” now to describe a scene of confusion, lifting the term from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. 28 Like the Tower of Babel, in two ways : STORIED These “independent, expenditure-only committees” are commonly referred to as “super PACs”. In 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that PACS that did not make direct contributions to candidates or parties could accept unlimited contributions. Any group becomes a PAC by law when it receives or spends more than $1,000 for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election.


: PACĪ political action committee (PAC) is a private group that works to influence the outcome of a particular election or group of elections. The paintings were missing for two years, but recovered in 2006. In 2004, two of Munch’s paintings, “The Scream” and “Madonna”, were stolen from the Munch Museum by armed robbers who subdued the museum guards. The Munch Museum in Oslo is dedicated to his work and life. What a wonderful work that is, a true representation of expressionism. 24 Munch Museum locale : OSLOĮdvard Munch was a Norwegian expressionist, and most famous for his painting “The Scream”, painted in 1893. One “quaffs” (takes a hearty drink) of a “quaff” (a hearty drink). I’ve attended twice, and it really is a remarkable party … About six million people attend every year, making it the largest fair in the world. Oktoberfest is a 16-day beer festival in Munich that actually starts in September. “Lager” is the German word for “storage”. Lager is so called because of the tradition of cold-storing the beer during fermentation. The new vehicles are using the SAAB name, but cannot use the SAAB griffin logo, the rights to which have been retained by the mother company. A Chinese consortium purchased the assets of SAAB Automotive in 2012, and so SAAB vehicles are in production again. However, SAAB (automotive) finally went bankrupt in 2011. The SAAB automotive division was acquired by General Motors in the year 2000, who then sold it to a Dutch concern in 2010. If you take small hops in Europe you might find yourself on a SAAB passenger plane. Although we usually think of SAAB as an auto manufacturer, it is mainly an aircraft manufacturer.

“SAAB” stands for Svenska Aeroplan AB, which translates into English as Swedish Aeroplane Limited. Radames is an Egyptian commander who falls in love with her, and then complications arise! 19 Automaker that went bankrupt in 2011 : SAAB In the storyline, Aida is an Ethiopian princess brought into Egypt as a slave. The opera was first staged in 1871 in an opera house in Cairo. Mariette also designed the costumes and stages for the opening performance. “Aida” is a celebrated opera by Giuseppe Verdi that is based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette. 16 Soprano who ends up trapped in a vault : AIDA The instrument that we know today as the banjo is a derivative of instruments that were used in Africa. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
